Which term refers to textual information installed by a website in the browser's cookie jar?

• A. Session
• B. Headers
• C. Cookies
• D. Cache

Answer: (C)

Cookies are small pieces of textual data that a website asks your browser to store in its cookie jar. These data persist across requests and sessions, letting the site recognize you, remember preferences, or keep you logged in as you move between pages. The site can send the data back to the server with each request, using the Cookie header to maintain continuity. This is distinct from headers themselves, which are the actual HTTP request/response lines sent each time a page loads. It’s also different from cache, which stores copies of resources to speed up loading rather than user-specific data. Often cookies hold a session identifier to link your browser to a server-side session, but the stored items in the cookie jar are the cookies themselves.